Episode 22: Women
who Cowork with Laura Shook The Global Directory of Women Owned Coworking Spaces was created by Laura Shook in Honour of International Coworking Day.
Coworking has changed the lives of women, and through coworking, women can change lives, according to Laura Shook Guzman and Iris Kavanagh, cofounders of Women
Who Cowork.
90 percent of people
who cowork report feeling more confident on the job, which leads 60 percent to feel more relaxed at home.
Allwork.Space: How did Women
Who Cowork grow from an idea and a loose community of female founders and space owners into something more organized?
The big picture vision for Women
Who Cowork is to have a global alliance of women - owned coworking spaces, and women coworking managers who are connecting with each other, providing support, gaining access to resources, services, funding and community in a way that promotes their business, helps them run a better business and provides visibility to them in both the press and the people in coworking.
I advocated for Women
Who Cowork not just being the founders.
Women
Who Cowork says, «We're over here doing this thing that's just for us.»
Women
Who Cowork really became a professional group when we decided to host a meetup at GCUC USA in New York City in 2017.
Passionate advocates for female entrepreneurship and gender equity, Shook Guzman and Kavanagh created Women
Who Cowork, an international alliance with 400 members around the world.
But what matters the most for high levels of thriving is that people
who cowork have substantial autonomy and can be themselves at work.
Allwork.Space: What potential did you see then for Women
Who Cowork, beyond giving women a platform to meet each other?
Liz gave us the mic to announce Women
Who Cowork for the first time as an organization.
Another side of the Women
Who Cowork conversation is that women work, collaborate, lead and run businesses differently than men do.
Not exact matches
CNBC recently rounded up a few ways co-working spaces help new businesses succeed, including low overhead and networking, but to get a fuller picture of the advantages these spaces offer entrepreneurs we went straight to the horse's mouth, emailing a handful of space owners and start - up founders
who built their businesses at
coworking spaces for their perspective on the
coworking experience for entrepreneurs.
Casey Bernard,
who started her business CheckInsights out of Link, backs up Elam's assertion that
coworking is a valuable source of support for entrepreneurs, both for the touchy feely emotional benefits and nuts and bolts exchange of skill.
Liz Elam, founder of Link
Coworking in Austin and an organizer of the upcoming Global Coworking Uncoference Conference, who also wrote the CNBC piece, expanded on the networking benefits of spaces like hers when we got in touch, noting that interactions with fellow coworking members often go beyond what we traditionally think of as networking to encompass emotional «suppor
Coworking in Austin and an organizer of the upcoming Global
Coworking Uncoference Conference, who also wrote the CNBC piece, expanded on the networking benefits of spaces like hers when we got in touch, noting that interactions with fellow coworking members often go beyond what we traditionally think of as networking to encompass emotional «suppor
Coworking Uncoference Conference,
who also wrote the CNBC piece, expanded on the networking benefits of spaces like hers when we got in touch, noting that interactions with fellow
coworking members often go beyond what we traditionally think of as networking to encompass emotional «suppor
coworking members often go beyond what we traditionally think of as networking to encompass emotional «support.»
Watch this short video as John,
who recently opened
coworking space Blueprint + Co, shares the red flags to watch out for to ensure you stay both productive and happy.
And according to Harvard Business Review, people
who use
coworking spaces found their work more meaningful and felt more in control of their job.
Whether you're a start - up, a freelancer or an established company,
coworking is proving to be beneficial for a growing number of people
who want more out of their workspace.
Many professionals
who work in
coworking spaces feel more self - confident in an atmosphere that encourages creative collaboration.
And according to Bisnow, people
who work in
coworking spaces are 75 percent more productive than those
who work in traditional offices — which has inspired some companies to encourage their staff to get out of the main office and into these workspaces.
People
who are interested in
coworking spaces are seeking a degree of socialization they can't get working independently.
[Editor's note: In 2017, Pacific Workplaces acquired NextSpace and has partnered with Kavanagh,
who is managing the transition in the Berkeley NextSpace and helping create a hybrid model bridging NextSpace
coworking and traditional Pacific Workplaces offerings.
Allwork.Space: So shining a light on the women
who were driving the
coworking movement resonated pretty deeply with you.
acquired NextSpace and has partnered with Kavanagh,
who is managing the transition in the Berkeley NextSpace and helping create a hybrid model bridging NextSpace
coworking and traditional Pacific Workplaces offerings.
Our advice to traditional companies
who want to learn from
coworking spaces is to give people the space and support to be their authentic best selves.
The majority of the people in our company
who ran the
coworking spaces, and the people
who were best suited to run the spaces, were women.
First, unlike a traditional office,
coworking spaces consist of members
who work for a range of different companies, ventures, and projects.
, I realized that it's women
who are propelling the
coworking movement forward in this way.
People
who use
coworking spaces see their work as meaningful.
When I got to Felina Hansen from Hera Hub, I realized that it's women
who are propelling the
coworking movement forward in this way.
reported that people
who work in
coworking spaces see their work as more meaningful.
-LRB-...) GCUC is no longer just for the beginner, but it's also for those
who have been in the
coworking business for years.»
For the former Richemont and Coach executive
who had built a career in luxury retail, this was his first taste of the
coworking sector.
In fact, community is what
coworking is about, it's about having a network of friends, partners, colleagues, connections, and people
who overall have your back.
In 2009, PIE served as a curated
coworking space for promising early stage startups and interesting creatives
who called Portland home.
You'll be staying with other interns on the program
who may or may not be working at your startup and you'll live close to the
coworking space where you'll be working from.
I was touring a beautiful local
coworking space with a friend of mine
who's a member.
Most people
who use
coworking spaces aren't really trying to be cool, or trying to be with cool people, or trying to meet cool people, or thinking about what is cool or what is not or how to be cool.
Corporations,
who are hot on wellness anyway, are going to start saying they have no choice but to offer
coworking memberships to their remote workers.
Who are the biggest competitors of
coworking spaces?
Who are the
coworking space members?
Scott Stoltzman Data Scientist • Stoltzman Consulting Founder • Flannelytics Since I began working in a
coworking space, I often encounter people
who do high - level, interesting stuff that doesn't make sense to my feeble, right - side...
... a unique network of
coworking spaces with a common standard of excellence
who have come together to provide all their members with a reliable, seamless
coworking experience around the country.
Coworking also «wins hands down» in terms of budget and ease of management for FinTechs, according to Ian Wright, founder at merchant comparison site Merchant Machine, who said: «The added benefits to FinTechs are that many of your potential customers may also work in the same building / coworking group as yo
Coworking also «wins hands down» in terms of budget and ease of management for FinTechs, according to Ian Wright, founder at merchant comparison site Merchant Machine,
who said: «The added benefits to FinTechs are that many of your potential customers may also work in the same building /
coworking group as yo
coworking group as you.»
Building a team
who exemplifies your values and brand promise as a
coworking space is crucial to your success and sustainability.
In collaborative
coworking spaces the community needs to be curated by someone
who understands the people in the community and actively connects them with each other.
As a result, people
who want to do that kind of work are showing up, and they're showing up in
coworking.
With the surge in the number of Generation Y and Generation Z workers,
who are anticipated to make up an estimated 50 percent of the global workforce by 2020,
coworking seems to be an inevitable trend.
betahaus is a community and
coworking space in Berlin for people
who want to work on their own projects and businesses while exchanging knowledge, ideas, and inspiration with others.